Even tribulations come with after-sales service.
Damaged magical artifacts can be compensated for, and destroyed abodes can be repaired.
But when someone dies beneath the thunder, “That’s just fate” is a pitifully hollow answer.
In her tenth month working as an artifact examiner at the Tribulation Aftercare Office, Rong Zhiwei
receives a Starfold Umbrella that cannot be returned.
Its owner died while undergoing a tribulation.
The remnants etched into the umbrella’s ribs preserve her final words:
“I wasn’t undergoing a tribulation.”
“I was taking her tribulation in her place.”
An old umbrella from the Rong family reopens the case that falsely convicted her father,
and uncovers a list of deaths that should never have existed.
Seventeen cultivators on the verge of a breakthrough are named on it,
and the final name on the list is Rong Zhiwei.
Xu Zhaoye, the investigator assigned to the case,
is the former escort who had her protection contract terminated by Rong Zhiwei herself two years ago.
Someone promises to clear her father’s name, only to exploit her extraordinary ability to hear the echoes in artifacts and select sacrifices to take others’ tribulations.
Xu Zhaoye repeatedly steps in her way, as though she doesn’t want Rong Zhiwei to touch the heart of the truth.
“Back then, I stood in front of you because of our contract.”
“And now?”
“Now I’ll ask you first: do you want me to stand here?”
【Disgraced artifact examiner × former escort】
【Xianxia mystery | Strong leads | Slow burn | 1v1 | HE】
Theme: The responsibility of the strong is not to decide the fate of the weak, but to ensure everyone has the right to know the truth, make choices, and refuse to be sacrificed.
